Sheriff Election — San Benito County, California
San Benito County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Hollister hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Hollister PD remains a city badge · San Jose remains a different county
The 2028 oval in Hollister — not the 2026 Governor, not San Jose
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at San Benito County, California.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is not on the 2026 ballot. California moved sheriff and district attorney to the presidential table. The Governor is 2026. That is a different desk in Sacramento.
Hollister hires a Sheriff who still holds Flynn Road
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022 (majority in the primary; no November sheriff card that cycle).
- Next regular: the 2028 presidential primary. If no majority under §§ 8140–8141, runoff at the presidential general. Confirm the live 2028 date on the California SOS elections calendar.
- Take office: noon on the first Monday after January 1 succeeding election (Gov. Code § 24200). For 2028 that is Monday, 8 January 2029.
- Vacancy: Board of Supervisors appointment (Gov. Code § 25304). Undersheriff temporarily discharges (§ 24105).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Supervisors sit — staggered desks, not this oval. A mission rumor does not hire this badge. San Jose is a different county. Hollister is the seat. Sacramento is the capital.
Elections work sits at 1601 Lana Way — not City Hall as this clerk
Elections work for San Benito County lists at 1601 Lana Way, Hollister. That is county elections work — not Hollister City Hall as this clerk, not a San Jose clerk as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and sanbenitocountyca.gov.
Sample ballot in San Benito County, California — not Santa Clara as this county
Do not take names from a San Jose rumor, a Hollister municipal card, a Monterey flyer, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and San Benito County Elections at 1601 Lana Way
- San Benito County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official San Benito County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. A majority in the primary can finish the race without a November reprint — confirm Elections, do not invent a missing race. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here.
What you are hiring — Gabilan ranch remainder patrol and Flynn Road
You are hiring the Sheriff of San Benito County, California — unincorporated patrol across ranch remainder and Tres Pinos; San Juan Bautista substation work the office actually posts; warrants; civil process; courthouse security in Hollister; and Flynn Road at 710 Flynn. You are not hiring Hollister Police. You are not hiring San Jose. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Flynn Road as this jailer, Hollister as the seat not the capital, Hollister PD as not this oval, San Jose as a different county, and Autauga-with-a-mission as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses ranch remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Tres Pinos remainder or the Gabilan remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Hollister PD. Not San Jose. Not the mission as this oval.
Relief when the hills burn or Highway 25 ices
Fire in the ranch interface, a wreck on Highway 25, wind through the Gabilans, a night road outside Hollister — this county’s mutual aid first. Santa Clara is a different count. Monterey is a different count. Fresno is a different count. Hollister city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Hollister docket, a night shift toward Flynn
Papers. A Hollister courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated highway frontage remains this badge. Flynn Road remains this badge. San Juan Bautista substation work remains this badge. Hollister PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a mission rumor
A levy in unincorporated San Benito County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a mission, or because a visitor photographed Hollister as if it were San Jose.
Rights from the Gabilans to the Santa Clara line
Equal protection on the small-county map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Flynn Road and a family in ranch remainder hire the same Sheriff.